Brian Potter, British songwriter behind hits for Glen Campbell, Take That and more, dies aged 87

According to The Guardian, Brian Potter, one of the most versatile and successful British songwriters and producers of his generation, has died at the age of eighty-seven. His daughter told Billboard he had been living with Alzheimer's disease in recent years. Born in Essex, Potter teamed with the American songwriter Dennis Lambert to craft a remarkable run of nineteen-seventies hits across pop, soul, soft rock and country. Among the best known: Glen Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy, a US number one in nineteen seventy-five; It Only Takes a Minute, a disco smash for Tavares that Take That later revived; Player's Baby Come Back, another US number one; and Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got) for the Four Tops.

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